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When asked if Connecting Math Concepts is hard:

"It's not really hard once I learn it."

If everyone spreads the word about verbal behavior then perhaps effective methods like those taught by Dr. Carbone will become the standard and not the exception.

Change in behavior over time = Celeration

In reality, excellence shall not fear observation.

An Oregon State University study of just a part of Kitzhaber's plan indicates $4.25 of future savings for every $1 invested (into special education).

In the relentless pursuit of each student's success:
1. Assuring that our work and that of Oregon schools is done with best practices and cutting-edge research
2. Fully partnering with others in the education community
3. Fostering conditions for Oregon schools and the Department of Education to be great places to work and learn

The public schools' failure at teaching our children well is "academic child abuse."

Mainstreaming is like visiting. Inclusion is belonging.

If they don't quit screaming, you do what is called a "walk and peel". If they want something you cannot give like swimming in winter, then you say NO and walk away and peel them off the back of your leg. You do not give in, or argue or try to make them understand. You say No It's too cold and walk away, or No, the popcorn takes 3 minutes to cook, you cannot have it right now and walk away.

Two major mistakes are frequently made in early intervention, Greenspan believes: 1. taking a mininmalist approach which does not provide the family enough team support; and 2. overlooking family dynamics to such a degree that early intervention becomes, not a support to the family, but another source of familial stress. Intervention must consider the well-being of the family as paramount, and avoid the tempation of viewing the child as if he or she existed in isolation.